Counterfeit Pills
'Wildly Available' & 'More Lethal'

Prescription pills not obtained from a licensed pharmacy are not only illegal to possess, but when taken can also be dangerous and even deadly. You should take no pills that weren’t prescribed specifically for you; you certainly shouldn’t trust that any pills illegally sold to you will be safe.

There’s a good chance those pills might be fakes—fakes with potentially fatal side effects.

In a recent PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT, the Drug Enforcement Agency warned that counterfeit pills are “widely available” and “more lethal than ever before.” DEA seizures of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl have increased 430% since 2019.

Just a two milligram speck of fentanyl can kill a person. (That’s only 0.00007% of one ounce.)

» Think You Could Tell The Difference Between Legit Or Counterfeit?

The Opioid Crisis 'Gateway Drugs'

Prescribed painkillers were the “gateway drugs” that triggered America’s ongoing epidemic of opioid overdose deaths. Across the nation, another 49,860 lives were lost due to opioid overdoses in 2019—a 50.7% increase compared to the 33,091 lives lost in 2015.

Despite efforts to curtail the use of—and addictiveness of—prescribed opioid medications, the FDA notes, “The scope of the opioid crisis continues to grow.”

» How Did This Happen?

» Where You Can Safely Dispose Of Unused Medication

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Counterfeit Pills'Wildly Available' & 'More Lethal'

The Opioid Crisis 'Gateway Drugs'

Counterfeit Pills
'Wildly Available' & 'More Lethal'